The class immediately became silent, they all thought I was crazy.
"Brother Feng, don't be stupid, this is basketball, not a fight. When the time comes, they won't be able to say anything even if they hate you to death."
"Yeah, Zhuang Feng, it's not shameful for a man to admit defeat occasionally. Their basketball level is famous in the city."
Teacher Liu sighed, full of helplessness, "Stop making sarcastic remarks, he's doing this for you guys."
Her reminder had a different effect, I became the class hero. Teacher Liu continued to add.
"But, it's not realistic to let you participate alone, just gather a few people, the teacher will go with you, if they do anything excessive, just stop the competition."
Although the boys in the class were 100% unwilling, since Teacher Liu said it, they couldn't not give face.
On the contrary, the girls were getting more excited and started to discuss which boys in the class were more handsome.
"Let's go, you guys get ready, the match is at four, there's still half an hour, go warm up first, you guys look listless, you guys need to exercise." Teacher Liu was a good person, other than being a bit strict, there was nothing wrong with her.
Just now in the classroom, I heard the class next door laughing at us, "Look, this weak class is actually participating in the basketball match?"
"Haha, they were forced, let's go join in the fun later, Li Zhiyuan said he's going to beat them until they cry!"
Hearing this, the boys in our class all paled, unable to hide their fear.
When we arrived at the basketball court, the referee was announcing the results, "I hereby announce, the champion of this year's school basketball tournament is …"
"Wait, big brother referee, twelfth grade class five wants to compete with us!" Li Zhiyuan squinted his eyes and looked towards this direction.
Liu Jie followed beside me and asked if I knew how to play basketball.
"Cough, never played before."
I rubbed my nose and answered honestly, there's no basketball in the village, it's great to be able to play marbles.
"Aiya, you pig head, why did you accept the invitation if you haven't played before, apologize to Li Zhiyuan later, then we'll talk about it." Liu Jie pinched me.
"What are you afraid of, even if I haven't eaten pork, I've seen pigs run, let's practice."
However, I didn't think much of it, Li Zhiyuan was really crazy, he spread the news the entire afternoon, saying that he was going to teach our class a lesson.
If this matter was not settled, no one in the class would be able to hold their heads high in the future. This was a good opportunity to let him know who he could not afford to offend.
"No, no, you'll have to pay the price for being so stubborn. I won't allow it!" Liu Jie pouted, showing her spoiled side.
"Why are you so concerned about me?"
Actually, I somehow became her boyfriend because Liu Jie never said she liked me, and I was even more fearless.
"Che, you're thinking too much. I'm just afraid that if you get hurt, Meizi jiejie will feel sorry for you, and maybe blame it on me." Liu Jie pinched me again. Is this girl addicted to pinching?
I wasn't someone to be trifled with. While others weren't paying attention, my large hand landed on her small perky butt. A tooth for a tooth. That soft feeling was simply indescribable.
Liu Jie didn't think that I would do something like this. She let out a series of sounds filled with temptation and imagination.
Luckily, there were a lot of people here. The intense discussion covered Liu Jie's moans, but the surrounding students still caught it. They all turned around with ambiguous smiles on their faces.
Liu Jie's face blushed, making her look even more charming. To be honest, Liu Jie's small figure was really remarkable.
Nowadays, the girls in the city had good food and excessive nutrition. There were many with big breasts, but those with beautiful breasts were few and far between. Liu Jie was one of them. Perfect contours, slightly bulging curves, sexy collarbones and long white legs, all of them exuded the vitality of puberty.
No wonder, there were so many boys in the school that had a crush on her. However, she just said something about sister-in-law feeling sorry for me. It can't be that this is the legendary jealousy, right?
It's said that women are sensitive. When I accidentally asked for a pot of hot tea at the restaurant and showed my special concern for sister-in-law, it probably couldn't escape Liu Jie's observation. Sigh, even though I kept reminding myself to control it well and not let my cousin notice, I still couldn't help it.
Maybe, this is the expression of liking someone. But my cousin and the others urged me to get along well with Liu Jie, and sister-in-law also showed a tacit attitude. Is this hinting to me not to have wishful thinking?
Thinking about this made my heart restless. It's good to play ball to vent my anger, or else I'll feel suffocated.
Not long after, our class arrived at the venue. The people in Li Zhiyuan's class were discussing.
"Yuan-ge, isn't your decision too arbitrary?"
"Yeah, our class worked hard for half a month and already got the championship. Why do we have to add another match, what if …"
"What if, class five is a bunch of trash. It's not like you guys don't know that. That idiot stole my girlfriend and even made fun of me in public. I can't take this lying down!" Li Zhiyuan raised his voice by a few decibels.
He was obviously saying it for me to hear. Of course, he also scolded all the boys in our class. "How can you mock us like this?!"
"Yeah, it's too fucking much."
"If you have the guts, then try to learn from us. You're a simple-minded guy with well-developed limbs."
The people in our class didn't admit defeat verbally. They were in the second year after all, yet they dared to bully the third year students. It was really inexcusable. There were at least one or two hundred people watching the show. They still wanted to save some face.
Li Zhiyuan started to act cool again and shouted, "Play well, I think we can beat their class. When the time comes, I'll treat you guys to a big meal and split the prize money evenly."
His words piqued my curiosity, "San Mao, there's a prize money for the champion?"
"En, every time the champion of the school basketball tournament, there's a prize of six thousand kuai. Feng-ge, you wouldn't be thinking about this right …" Liu Sanmao asked with a weird expression when he saw my shining face.
"Yeah, San Mao, you have to be motivated. As long as you're willing to work hard, nothing is impossible," I patted his shoulder, but he only smiled wryly.
"Feng-ge, you still have the mood to joke around at this point. You really have a good attitude. We were dragged over just to let them practice. If we don't get a zero, then everything will be fine."
I squinted my eyes slightly and was eager to try. It was my first time playing basketball.
So much so that when Liu Sanmao asked me what position I wanted to play, I said anything was fine.
"Feng-ge, you've never played basketball before?" Liu Sanmao asked awkwardly.
I nodded without thinking, "Yeah, but when I have nothing to do, I'll just watch basketball on the sports channel. Don't worry, I won't drag you down."
"If we really can't do it, then we'll just forfeit. We'll probably get beaten up by them when we get on the court. Look at the people in their class, all of them are big and burly, it's like they've been hit by a catalyst," Wang Xiao Pang said nervously, he had already lost his will to fight.
"Why are you looked down on by others? It's because you feel inferior from the bottom of your hearts. Can't you be a man for once?" I was very annoyed, and paused. "It's fine if you don't want to participate, I'll go alone."
They were quiet for a moment. "Fuck, isn't it just playing basketball? At most, I'll get a bit of injury, and I can even take a break," Wang Xiao Pang actually expressed his stance first.
"Fuck, even the wretched fatty isn't scared, why should I be scared. Let's play. If we don't participate this year, then we'll graduate next year. Don't leave any regrets in high school."